Eosinophilic esophagitis strongly linked to chronic rhinosinusitis

• Published in: The Laryngoscope Vol. 126; no. 6; p. 1279
• Main Authors: Padia, Reema, Curtin, Karen, Peterson, Kathryn, Orlandi, Richard R, Alt, Jeremiah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Chronic Disease; Databases, Factual; Eosinophilic Esophagitis - epidemiology; Eosinophilic Esophagitis - etiology; Family; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Pedigree; Retrospective Studies; Rhinitis - complications; Rhinitis - genetics; Rhinitis - immunology; Risk Factors; Sinusitis - complications; Sinusitis - genetics; Sinusitis - immunology; Utah - epidemiology; Young Adult; eosinophilia; environment; genetics; rhinosinusitis; Pedigree

To determine the relative risk of having eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) coexist with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in probands and their families using the Utah Population Database (UPDB). This retrospective observational cohort study with population-based matched controls utilized the UPDB, a geneal...